Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing-Based Digital Soil Mapping of Organic Carbon Stocks

edited by

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; soil organic carbon; SOC stocks; carbon accounting; spatial modelling; uncertainty quantification; validation and benchmarking; MRV

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Multi-Satellite Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring and Impact Assessment

edited by Dongdong Kong, Mingzhong Xiao and

Xihui Gu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought monitoring; drought propagation; multi-source remote sensing; vegetation response; soil moisture; evapotranspiration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Earth Observation for SDGs in Coastal Areas and Small Islands

edited by Changyong Dou,

Yunwei Tang

,

Charles Galdies

and Siqin Wang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; sustainable development goals (SDGs); coastal monitoring; small island developing states (SIDS); coastal ecosystems; SDG localization; blue economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)

Innovations in Remote Sensing Image Analysis

edited by Lu Xu,

Xianwei Lv

,

Wen Zhou

and

Gonzalo Pajares Martinsanz

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2513 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multimodal data; object-based image analysis; image segmentation and classification; deep learning; knowledge graph

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

3D Scene Perception and Reconstruction of Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Jun Xiao

, Haiyong Jiang,

Lupeng Liu

and

Zhengda Lu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 806 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modal fusion; structural reconstruction; weak supervision and semi-supervision; remote sensing; annotation efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Anomaly Detection

edited by

Huixin Zhou

,

Pei Xiang

and

Chuan Fu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image; anomaly detection; object tracking; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Global Vegetation Cover Estimated from Remote Sensing

edited by Mingzhu He and

Markus Hollaus

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 364 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation coverage; remote sensing; multi-sourced data; machine learning; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Hyperspectral Classification in Remote Sensing: State-of-the-Art Methods and Emerging Trends

edited by

Hao Sun

, Zhigang Tu, Le Dong and

Zhitong Xiong

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1999 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image classification; remote sensing; spectral-spatial features; feature extraction; deep learning; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Advances in Remote Sensing of the Inland and Coastal Water Zones (3rd Edition)

edited by

Jacek Lubczonek

,

Paweł Terefenko

,

Katarzyna Bradtke

and

Marta Wlodarczyk-Sielicka

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5702 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zone; coastal geomorphology; inland waters; shoreline change/erosion; ecosystem; water parameters; water level; bathymetry; topo-bathymetry; geodata processing; data fusion; LIDAR; spatial big data; satellite remote sensing; algal blooms; 3D modelling; spatial mapping; image processing and analysis; machine learning; digital elevation/bathymetric models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)

Microwave Remote Sensing for Object Detection (2nd Edition)

edited by

Guangcai Sun

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4914 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); airborne and satellite systems; objection detection and recognition; machine learning; compressive sensing; deep neural network sand few sample learning; ground moving target indication (GMTI); change detection in SAR images; generative adversarial networks (GANs); ship detection and ship traffic

Advanced Remote Sensing Technology for Precision Forestry and Carbon Sink Assessment

edited by

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, Tao Liu,

and

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4425 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest structure and function; forest dynamics 3D point cloud; advanced algorithms; multi-source data fusion; UAV remote sensing; carbon sink assessment; precision forestry management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)

Applications and Opportunities of Remote Sensing in Fire Ecology

edited by

Nikos Grammalidis

,

Kosmas Dimitropoulos

and

Panagiotis Barmpoutis

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1386 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire ecology; forest fire prevention; fire risk assessment and management; fire/smoke detection sensors and algorithms; fire/smoke modeling and prediction; burned area estimation; post-fire management and restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)

Recent Advances in Satellite Data and In-Situ Measurements of Chlorophyll Fluorescence

edited by

Lin Du

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 627 | Submission Open

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; fchl retrieval methods; radiative transfer models; vegetation stress conditions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)

Monitoring of Volcanoes and Earthquakes with SAR and Satellite

edited by

Alfredo Falconieri

and

Valeria Satriano

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcano monitoring; earthquake monitoring; thermal anomalies; ground deformation; geohazards; machine learning for geohazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Deep Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification

edited by Zhen Ye and

Xiangtao Zheng

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image classification; deep neural networks; hyperspectral image processing; spectral– spatial feature learning; band selection; intelligent remote sensing interpretation; attention mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Integrated Remote Sensing for Global Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Yuan Wang

,

Tongwen Li

and Tianhao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric modeling; climate change; environmental assessment; air quality; greenhouse gases; meteorological factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Remote Sensing in Climate Smart Agriculture

edited by

Hankui Zhang

and

Dong Luo

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; climate-smart agriculture; remote sensing; image processing; spatial analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Object Detection and Information Extraction Based on Remote Sensing Imagery (Second Edition)

edited by

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, Gong Cheng and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 28428 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection of remote sensing images; object detection and tracking of remote sensing videos; few/zero-shot learning; multi-source data fusion; weakly supervised learning; semantic segmentation; remote sensing image classification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Estimating the Ecological Services of Urban Green Infrastructures Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Oz Kira

and

Arnon Karnieli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 23385 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sustainability; urban green infrastructures; urban ecological services; vegetation classification; carbon cycle; evapotranspiration; urban heat islands; shading

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Precipitation, Flood and Earthquake Events Monitoring, Simulation, Analysis and Early Warning by Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing and AI

edited by

Congzheng Han

, Jiamou Liu and Hongbin Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21780 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar; satellite; microwave links; AI and algorithms; flood and drought prediction; simulation; modeling; and analysis; short-term precipitation forecasting; precipitation monitoring; earthquake prediction and monitoring and geophysical exploration; technology for disaster information acquisition; disaster monitoring and disaster mitigation and avoidance simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

AI-Driven Satellite Data for Global Environment Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Yang-Won Lee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19920 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; semantic segmentation; remote sensing of disaster; applications in agriculture; forest; hydrology; and meteorology

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing for Soil and Water Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Shaohua Lei

,

Xiaojun Wang

, Guoqing Wang, Shuai Zeng,

Yongjian Ruan

and

Xianghui Lu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19214 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and water conservation; management techniques for soil and water loss; net primary productivity; aquatic ecosystems health; water quality parameters retrieval; non-optically active parameters; machine/deep learning; vegetation phenology; lake/river ice phenology; climate change and human activities impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Deep Learning for Multi-Source Remote Sensing Image Interpretation: Exploring, Rethinking, and Limiting Breakthroughs

edited by

Xin Zhang

, Xueyao Hu, Yang Li,

Fernando José Aguilar

and

Muhammad Yasir

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16612 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing image processing; remote sensing image generation; multimodal remote sensing image interpretation model; target characteristic analysis; radar signal processing; new task dataset and benchmark for remote sensing image interpretation

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) in UAV-Based Remote Sensing

edited by

Michal Aibin

and Ryan Rad

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15861 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; UAV remote sensing; object detection; semantic segmentation; environmental monitoring; precision agriculture; 3D reconstruction; real-time analytics; multi-sensor integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Kang

and

Mingmin Chi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14868 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image; feature extraction; image processing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; image classification; information fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Advancements of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in Remote Sensing

edited by Zhixi Feng, Chuang Yang, Hongyuan Zhang, Chen Yang and Yue Chang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14051 | Submission Open

Keywords: vision– language models (VLMs); multimodal data fusion; remote sensing VQA; automatic annotation; semantic segmentation; object detection; super-resolution reconstruction; change detection; pretraining models; multimodal retrieval

SAR Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Environments

edited by Tao Xie,

Junmin Meng

,

He Wang

and Xinwei Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13991 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); marine environments; coastal hazards; remote sensing; deep learning; harsh environments; polar oceans; marine pollution; habitat mapping; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

Advancements in Thunderstorm Nowcasting and Atmospheric Electricity Monitoring by Remote Sensing

edited by

Richard Müller

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12683 | Submission Open

Keywords: thunderstorms; convective initiation; lightning; life cycle; hazards

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

High-Resolution Observations of Planetary Geological and Geomorphic Investigation (Second Edition)

edited by

Ákos Kereszturi

and

Jiannan Zhao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12274 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology; planetary geomorphology; planetary landforms; planetary surface processes; planetary composition; planetary geological mapping; high-resolution planetary imaging; shallow subsurface detection; space weathering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Geohazards

edited by

Pierluigi Confuorto

,

Silvia Bianchini

,

Chiara Martinello

and Davide Festa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11640 | Submission Open

Keywords: modeling; monitoring; landslides; subsidence; geohazard; susceptibility; risk analysis; GIS; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing for Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Recovery of Fires

edited by Xikun Hu,

Ioannis Gitas

and Puzhao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10974 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geoscience and earth observation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; forest fires; post-fire assessment; visualization and mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Coastal and Marine Monitoring and Restoration Mapping Using UAS and Remote Sensing Systems

edited by

Niall Burnside

,

Jonathan Dale

and Matthew Brolly

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10901 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAVs; remote sensing; blue carbon; coastal vegetated systems; saltmarsh; seagrass; kelp; marine mammals; birds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

State of the Art of GNSS and SAR/InSAR Techniques for Geomatic Applications

edited by Claudia Pipitone and

Gino Dardanelli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10853 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomatic applications; SAR/InSAR; GNSS time series; deformation analysis; fault/crustal property; active tectonics; multi-source data integration; seismic activities; stability modeling; time series analysis; landslides; hazard mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Environmental Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing, Earth Observation and Geoinformation

edited by

George P. Petropoulos

,

Daniela Silva-Fuzzo

,

Nikos Koutsias

and

Yansong Bao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8786 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; remote sensing; geoinformation; geographical information systems; geospatial software tools; geoinformatics; operational products validation; natural disasters; time series analysis; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Advanced Remote Sensing Approaches for Multi-Scale Atmospheric Components Monitoring and Impact Assessment

edited by

, Bing Chen,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8548 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; clouds; trace gases; multi-scale remote sensing; lidar; satellite; radiative transfer; atmospheric inversion; multi-source data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Study on Hydrological Hazards Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing

edited by Jun Zhang, Shaonan Zhu and

Qiang Dai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8541 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; hydrological hazards; flood monitoring; drought assessment; landslide risk; remote sensing data fusion; machine learning; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Multi-Source Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Enabling High-Precision Meteorological Monitoring and Forecasting

edited by

Xiefei Zhi

, Donglian Sun, Yonghong Zhang,

Yan-An Liu

and

Wen Huo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8207 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source atmospheric remote sensing; meteorological monitoring; high-resolution vertical sounding; data fusion and assimilation; AI-driven analytics; extreme weather prediction; low-altitude economy meteorology; air quality monitoring; numerical weather prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

Precipitation Estimations Based on Satellite Observations

edited by

Yuanwei Wang

and

Francisco J. Tapiador

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7957 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation estimation; satellite observations; remote sensing; algorithm development; validation and calibration; climate applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Advancing Hydrological Monitoring and Prediction Through Multisource Geodetic Observations

edited by

Jiashuang Jiao

, Daocheng Yu and

Cheinway Hwang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7797 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite geodesy; hydrological geodesy; land water storage; joint inversion; machine learning; hydrological monitoring and predication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Processing Methods and Techniques of Spaceborne SAR with Ultra-High Resolution

edited by

Guangcai Sun

,

Wenkang Liu

and

Vito Pascazio

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7027 | Submission Open

Keywords: spaceborne SAR; ultra-high-resolution (UHR); focusing algorithm; interferometry; stereo SAR imaging; multi-view-angle image fusion; 3D deformation monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)

Multiplatform Remote Sensing Techniques for Active Tectonics, Seismotectonics, and Volcanic Hazard Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Daniele Cirillo

,

Pietro Tizzani

and Francesco Brozzetti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6115 | Submission Open

Keywords: tectonic processes; earthquakes; seismogenic faults and seismic source; ground deformation modelling; geophysical application; seismic hazard; volcanic hazard; volcano deformation; optical IR volcano analysis; 3D modelling; GNSS; InSAR; GIS and geomatic approaches; DEM; UAV DEMs; LiDAR; GPR; geological survey; digital field survey

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Advances in AI-Driven Remote Sensing for Geohazard Perception

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5981 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; foundation models; geohazard; object detection; object recognition; monitoring and warning; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Advances in Detection-Oriented Multi-Sensor Fusion Beyond the Visible Spectrum

edited by

Liangliang Li

,

Zhenming Peng

, Yimian Dai, Fei Zhou and Xingchen Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5660 | Submission Open

Keywords: image fusion; target detection; anomaly detection; change detection; SAR

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Remote Sensing Image Change Detection and Feature Enhancement Based on Deep Learning

edited by Kaimin Sun, Wenzhuo Li,

Xin Tao

,

Ting Bai

and

Wangbin Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5530 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing change detection; feature enhancement; feature fusion; semantic segmentation; deep learning; multi-model image analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Development and Implementation of Early Detection and Warning Methods for Natural Hazards Utilizing Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5109 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; reanalysis data; method development; natural hazards; early identification; monitoring and early warnings; glacier-related disasters; hill fire monitoring; flash flood; debris flow; drought; landslides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)

Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscapes and Human Settlements

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5050 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscapes ecology; urban heat islands; local climate zones; human settlements; green infrastructure; urban and rural planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing in Monitoring Coastal and Inland Waters

edited by Xiaoyun Wan, Qun Liu,

Salem Morsy

and

Yongjun Jia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4831 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal and inland waters; satellite remote sensing; airborne/terrestrial/mobile LiDAR; water level/quality/depth; phytoplankton; carbon fluxes and stocks; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

Applications of Radar Remote Sensing in Earth Observation

edited by Guoman Huang,

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4767 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR; InSAR; land cover and land use mapping; forest canopy height; aboveground biomass estimation; land hazard and risk monitoring; earth system; deep learning; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Deep Learning-Based Analysis of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images: Registration, Fusion, and Change Detection

edited by

Shikai Jiang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4745 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; high-resolution remote sensing images; image registration; image fusion; change detection; multi-modal data; computer vision for remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Satellite Remote Sensing for Ocean and Coastal Environment Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Haidong Pan

,

Daosheng Wang

and

Jungang Yang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4708 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea level rise; ocean tides; model assimilation; sea surface temperature; sea surface salinity; chlorophyll; water transparency; sea waves; mesoscale eddy; ocean dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

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